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Cant work it out, which is best overall
i thought i was reasonably clued up, but i just cant get my head around the best utility provider and would value any input.
Currently i take Gas, elec, phone & broadband all via Utilities warehouse (telecom plus).
The main tie in that causes me confusion is the fact that i get broadband, ALL landline calls 7 days a week and the line rental for £20 a month, providing i have the gas and elec as well. So, if you consider line rental is £11, you could say i am getting the broadband and tel. calls for just £9 a month. I cant seem to better that, well not with unlimited broadband anyway.
Using the various check sites it appears i can get cheaper gas/elec, but all gains are wiped out when i start looking at replacing the phone/broadband bit, especially if i have to start paying line rental to BT.
Do we ahve anyone else who has done a better job of working out the differnece with utilities warehouse who can help?
ta in advance
Currently i take Gas, elec, phone & broadband all via Utilities warehouse (telecom plus).
The main tie in that causes me confusion is the fact that i get broadband, ALL landline calls 7 days a week and the line rental for £20 a month, providing i have the gas and elec as well. So, if you consider line rental is £11, you could say i am getting the broadband and tel. calls for just £9 a month. I cant seem to better that, well not with unlimited broadband anyway.
Using the various check sites it appears i can get cheaper gas/elec, but all gains are wiped out when i start looking at replacing the phone/broadband bit, especially if i have to start paying line rental to BT.
Do we ahve anyone else who has done a better job of working out the differnece with utilities warehouse who can help?
ta in advance
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Well from the telecoms point of view, go back to BT and sign up for Direct Debit and paperless billing and telecom line rental is £10.50 per month including calls up to 60 minutes to 01/02 numbers at evenings and weekends for 5p. Add 18185 for no extra cost and all 01/02 calls routed via that are 5p per call at anytime (including during the daytime). Broadband packages start from £10 or so at worst and Be Unlimited up to 8mbps is £14 per month for instance. Why not take that as a starting point for the telecoms price and do a comparison on the utility side using one of the switching site links in this forum?0
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